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 Pacific Coast Fly. Family?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 17-05-2007 15:35
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
This fly was in a fresh water marsh only about 0.5 km from the Pacific Ocean. Family Micropezidae perhaps? ID help appreciated. Length was about 7 mm. Oregon USA, 13 May 2007. Stephen attached the following image:  [163.41Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 17-05-2007 15:37
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Lateral view.
Stephen attached the following image:  [143.96Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Chen Young |
Posted on 17-05-2007 16:27
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 Member Location: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA USA Posts: 169 Joined: 25.08.05 |
It looks like Scathophagidae, maybe Cordilura? |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 17-05-2007 18:52
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
The impression is rather micropezid-like...
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 17-05-2007 20:28
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7338 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Yes, Micropezidae. If you have a good lateral view, we might be able to place it in genus.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Chen Young |
Posted on 17-05-2007 21:04
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Member Location: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA USA Posts: 169 Joined: 25.08.05 |
Yes, my mistake. Compsobata in Micropezidae. |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 17-05-2007 22:14
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Chen, Paul, Tony, Thanks very much for your help with this one. It was a nice-looking fly and I was excited to photograph it before it flew off, and excited now to have an ID for it. It did fly off too fast for a lateral or "face" shot, unfortunately. --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 21-05-2007 09:52
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9541 Joined: 24.05.05 |
According Andrey Ozerov it is Neria (syn. Compsobata) univita, Walker.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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